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It would be "completely counterproductive" for the United States to launch military strikes in the Pakistani tribal regions where al Qaeda and Taliban militants have created safe havens,Pakistan's foreign minister said Sunday.Khurshid Kasuri further told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" that 85,000 Pakistani troops were already in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a mountainous and notoriously dangerous region at the porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan."The Pakistani military is already there in the tribal area,"Kasuri said."Pakistan's commitment cannot be doubted by anybody."If the US were to take unilateral military action in the area,Kasuri said,"you will lose the war-the battle for hearts and minds.""Our commitment is total,but this war-or whatever you would like to call it-can only be won if we have hearts and minds on our side,"he said.Kasuri also said using Pakistani rather than U.S. troops will result in "far, far less collateral damage.""Look at the ratio of casualties between your troops and Iraqi civilians,"he said."The difference is that we cannot afford what is conveniently called 'collateral damage....' " To read more go to:
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